Cape Town City defender Sifiso Ngobeni says he has learnt a lot at Mamelodi Sundowns under Rulani Mokwena with no regrets about his time at Chloorkop.
Ngobeni, 28, spent three years in South Africa’s capital since 2022 and was released by the club at the end of last season. He joined City and has been the first-choice left-back as the side bids to get promoted from the Motsepe Foundation Championship.
Ngobeni spoke to iDiski Times Editor Rob Delport explaining how nothing is taken for granted at Sundowns and how Mokwena prioritises the importance of training well and eating well among other things.
“I don’t have this thing of ‘Hey, regrets, regrets.’ No, I don’t do that,” Ngobeni told iDiski Times.
“Sundowns I feel like what you’re seeing on TV is not what you are seeing in training. Like the things that you could see in training (laughs), that’s something else! Like, even now, if you can just go for one day and go to Sundowns for training like it’s 11 v 11, all the best.
“Like the training, it’s something else, like some of the things that we were doing at training, on TV, you couldn’t see them, like the likes of [Gaston] Sirino, the things that they’re doing, Sipho [Mbule], you know, yoh, Themba [Zwane], so a lot of players, yoh.
“So, for me, like I learned from Coach Rulani, when he was there a lot, you know, each and every day, training. Like with him, training is very important. The game – a game for him, it’s nothing. But training, the way you train, the way you eat, everything for him, it’s very important. So, for me, like I said, I’ve learned a lot when I was there. So, ja, I wouldn’t say I have regrets or anything. I don’t have regrets.”
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